diff --git a/app/resources/SciQLOP.desktop b/app/resources/SciQLOP.desktop
index d928f6c..36f6cfb 100644
--- a/app/resources/SciQLOP.desktop
+++ b/app/resources/SciQLOP.desktop
@@ -1,14 +1,13 @@
 [Desktop Entry]
 Version=1.0
-Name=QLop
-Name[en_US]=SciQLOP
+Name=SciQLOP
 
 Type=Application
 GenericName=SciQLOP
 Comment=SCIentific Qt application for Learning from Observations of Plasmas
 
-Exec=sciqlopapp 
-Icon=/usr/share/SciQLOP/icons/sciqlopLOGO.svg
+Exec=sciqlop
+Icon=sciqlopLOGO
 Terminal=false
 
 Categories=Qt;Education;Science;
diff --git a/build_cfg/linux/appImage.sh b/build_cfg/linux/appImage.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..abd48a0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build_cfg/linux/appImage.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+mkdir build
+cd build
+meson --prefix=/usr ..
+ninja
+DESTDIR=AppDir ninja install
+wget https://github.com/linuxdeploy/linuxdeploy/releases/download/continuous/linuxdeploy-x86_64.AppImage
+chmod +x linuxdeploy-x86_64.AppImage
+LD_LIBRARY_PATH=AppDir/usr/lib/ ./linuxdeploy-x86_64.AppImage --appdir AppDir
+mv ./AppDir/usr/lib64/*.so ./AppDir/usr/lib/
+mv ./AppDir/usr/lib/*plugin.so ./AppDir/usr/bin/
+LD_LIBRARY_PATH=AppDir/usr/lib/ ./linuxdeploy-x86_64.AppImage --appdir AppDir --output appimage
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index cfa4c8b..a35d703 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@ if build_machine.system()=='darwin'
   meson.add_install_script('build_cfg/mac/install_script.sh')
 elif host_machine.system()=='windows'
   meson.add_install_script('build_cfg/windows/install_script.sh')
+elif host_machine.system()=='linux'
+  install_data('app/resources/sciqlopLOGO.svg', install_dir : 'share/icons/hicolor/scalable/')
+  install_data('app/resources/SciQLOP.desktop', install_dir : 'share/applications')
 endif
 
 # Sets AMDA server that will be used during execution.